BIB_ID
339281
Accession number
MA 148.45
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1771 Mar. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.), bound ; 22.8 cm.
Notes
Francis refers to Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor of London, and Alderman Richard Oliver, who were sent to the Tower of London on March 27, 1771 for their support of a bill before the House of Commons to give printers the right to publish transcripts of Parliamentary debates.
Major Philip Baggs was a first cousin to Sir Philip Francis and a close friend.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Major Philip Baggs was a first cousin to Sir Philip Francis and a close friend.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
By descent to his eldest granddaughter Miss Francis, and in her possession in 1871; sale (London, Sotheby's, 27 November 1897); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1901.
Summary
Relating news of family and mutual acquaintances; saying that "The Lord Mayor and Oliver are very much at their ease in the Tower. This is a very extraordinary event, but I do not perceive that it has any great effect. The King has been most abominably insulted in returning from the House. I never saw such a concourse of people, nor such outrageous behavior. Our opinions very much incline to the expectations of war."
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